S36 Order 88.— "VERBENACB^. 



then each splitting from the dorsal rib and curving upwards from the base. — 

 Roanoke R., N. Car. (Pursb) to Ga. (Pond) and La. (Hale). Plant 2 to 3f high, 

 Ivs. 2 to 3' long, on stalks half as long. Fls. purple, 5 or 6" long. 



8. RHYTIGLOS'SA, Nees. (Gr. pvTig, a wrinkle, yXS>aoa, tongue ; 

 referring to the wrinkled palate!) Calyx 4 or 5-parted ; corolla bilabi- 

 ate, upper lip narrow, lower 3-lobed, with a rugous, veiny palate ; stam- 

 ens 2 ; anther cells more or less distinct, subtransverse, placed one 

 above the other ; capsule compressed, 4-seeded from the middle up- 

 wards ; seeds tuberculate, with hooks. — Herbs, loose-leaved, with axil- 

 lary or spicate, bracted flowers. 



1 S. pedunoulosa Nees. Erect, angular, very smooth; his. hng-lanceolaie, 

 scareiy oWique or ensiform, obscurely crenate or wavy, subpetiolate ; spikes axil- 

 lary, subcapitate, on very long peduncles opposite or alternate ; bracts and sepals 

 lanceolate, subequal, Tialf as long (3") as the ringent corolla; lower half of the cap- 

 sule empty, valves recurved when ripe. — ^River banks, Niagara to Tex. and Ga. 

 Plant 2 to 3f, Ivs. 2 to 4' by 6 to 12'''. Corollas 6" long, violet-purple. Caps, 

 same length. Jn. Jl. (Dianthera Americana L. Justioia pedunculosa Mx.) 



2 R. ensiformis. Decumbent at lose, then erect, very slender, 4-angled, smooth ; 

 Ivs. linear, oblique or ensiform, very entire, thick, sessile ; peduncles subterminal, 

 very long ; spikes at length loose-flowered ; bracts half as long as the linear sub- 

 ulate sepals which are a third as long as the showy corollas. — B. Ga. to Apalachi- 

 cola, Fla. St. 1 to 2f high, in bogs. Lvs. 3 to 6' by 2 to 3". Ped. twice as 

 long. Cor. purple, 1' or more long, resembhng those of Arethusa. Confounded 

 with the preceding hitherto, but very different. (Justioia ensiformis AValt ?) 



3 R. humilis Nees. Glabrous, ascending, 4:-angled ; lvs. oblong or lanceolate, or 

 the lower oval, obtusish, subcrenate, attenuate at base to a short petiole ; spikes 

 simple, axillary, pedunculate; Jls. loose, mostly secund; bractlets much shorter them 

 the subulate calyx hbes, which equal the tube of the small corolla ; caps, acumi- 

 nate, the lower half empty and stalk-like. — S. Car. to Fla. and La. plant 1 to 2f 

 high, often much lower. Lvs. 2 or 3' long, the spikes at length exceeding them, 

 5 to 10-flowered. Cor. 5" long, light purple? (Justicia humilis Mx.) 



9. CYRTAN'THERA, Noes. {iivp-6^,mxY&A, avdripa) Calyx 5-cleft 

 or parted, equal ; corolla ringent, upper lip falcate, lower in 3 narrow 

 segments; stamens 2, recurved at apex, anthers short, nodding, capsule 

 4-seeded ? — Herbs from tropical America, with showy clusters of flowers. 

 C. camea. Stem stout, tall, half-slirubby ; lvs. ample, ovate, subdeltoid or oval- 

 oblong, long-cuneate at base, petiolato; bracts and bractlets la,uceolate, acu- 

 minate, ciliato, larger than the calyx ; fls. in a dense, tliyrse-like, terminal head, 

 light purple or flesh-colored, large, many in bloom at once. — In tlio greenhouse. { 

 (justicia camea Hook. 0. magnifica Nees.) 



Ordek LXXXVHI. VERBENACE^. Vervains. 



Eerbs (or generally shrubs and trees) witli opposite, exstipulato leaves. Fhwers 

 with a bilabiate or more or less irregular monapetalous corolla. Stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, rarely equal, sometimes only 2. Style 1. Fruit dry or drupaceous, 2 to 

 4-ceUed (1-celIed in Phryma) forming as many 1-seeded nutlets. Seeds erect or 

 pendulous, with little or no albumen. 



100 feet in hoteht Tho wood is greatly durable, and contains silex. Medicinal properties un- 

 important. The order affords many fine ornaments for the garden. 



GENERA. 



§ Herbs. Fruit dry, — of 4 1-soeded carpels. Corolla 5-parted Veebena. 1 



■ — of 2 one-seeded carpels. Corolla 4-partod Lippi-V. 2 



—of 1 one-seeded nutlet Corolla bilabiate Phryma S 



